Adelle's Thanksgiving Day Program

Adelle had her Thanksgiving program today. Her class has been learning songs for a while now and memorizing a special Thanksgiving poem. She was super excited, and a little nervous for the program. When Wes and I walked in she was fervently scanning the audience to see if we had arrived yet. When she saw us her face just lit up!

The kids did a really wonderful job and were on their best behaviour. It was a very short program, only about 20 minutes, but we did manage to get some video and pictures of Adelle's special day.

Adelle made these two hats in class. After the program we were excused to go so the Kindergartner's could have their Thanksgiving Feast. Adelle said she enjoyed ham, a roll, carrots and dip, a cupcake, and a cookie. She was offered pumpkin pie, but declined because she's never tasted it before. The funny thing is, that is my nickname for her :) She had a wonderful day and we were glad we could share a little part with her.

Thanksgiving Poem

I'm A Very Fine Turkey

Here is one of the songs from Adelle's Thanksgiving program today :)

Bad Kitty!

Cosette was a very naughty kitty last night!! Wes and I were hanging out on the couch when we heard a startling sound from Violet's new room. Wes recently painted in there and set up the crib complete with it's new bedding and the new white rabitt I made. I went into the bedroom to see my cat just staring at me from inside the crib! We are pretty sure that she was attacking the white bunny. He appears unharmed, but what a silly animal. She ran off pretty quickly, but I brought her back to the scene of the crime and sprayed her a few times with the water bottle to train and remind her that she is absolutely not allowed in Violet's bed! I am hoping it never happens again. Of course the bunny won't be in the crib when Violet is for safety reasons. It makes me wonder though...was the bunny really all that interesting?

Family Date Night

This last Friday Wes and I decided we would splurge and take the girls out for a family date night. I sadly forgot my camera though :( Drat! We figured that we are running out of opportunities to go out and be together as a family. Pretty soon Violet will be here and going out with a baby isn't nearly as easy as it is for our family to venture out now. We went to McGrath's Fish House for dinner, which actually ended up being less expensive than we had remembered. Perhaps they are trying to bring in customers. Dinner tasted great for everyone! Adelle's cheeseburger off the kids menu actually ended up being the biggest dinner at the table, oddly enough. You should have seen her try to get her mouth open enough to eat that thing!

We all had a really fun time chatting and sharing stories. The girls especially loved stories of the stupid things that Wes and I had done when we were growing up. The stories ranged from Wes and his friends throwing gummy bears out his van at street signs when they were teenagers, and from me trying to run away by hiding under the stairs when I was about Lydia's age. Lydia decided to share some stories too, like when she used to stay up late on school nights by hanging out in the play room. Adelle confessed to sneaking food on occasion when she wanted a particular snack. It was pretty funny!

From there we walked over the the Hansen Planetarium and bought tickets to see a movie about Saturn in the dome theater. Adelle was quite impressed that the screen was on the ceiling. We all learned something new about the ringed planet and Wes had us share 3 things that we had learned on the way home. I think he shared about 15. It was a pretty cool movie!

After the movie we walked around the planetarium looking at all the different exhibits. The girls really had a wonderful time and were so excited about everything. Adelle loved the Moon and Mars exhibits that you can walk on, and she really loved watching the giant pendulum.

Lydia loved trying to lift the rock that is as heavy as a metal meteor, looking at how telescopes work, and how the seasons effect our position to the sun. Both girls absolutely loved the ball contraption that wound its way around the room.

Before heading home we stopped at Artic Circle for shakes and ice-cream cones. It really was a fun evening and honestly we haven't done anything like that in ages! If only I had gotten pictures!

Awards of Merit

So within the past couple of weeks or so both girls have brought home prizes from the Reflections contest. They both won awards of merit and were both very excited. They both got fun prizes ranging from watercolor paper, stickers, markers, crayons, coupons for free ice-cream cones and a show at the planetarium. I am especially proud of my girls for having the guts to even enter a contest and I'm glad that they were recognized. I think Lydia was the only one who even entered something in the 3D category, but that wasn't the only reason she got a prize :)

It is probably the first time Adelle has won anything of the sort and she could hardly contain herself when she found out that she had won. I love my girls and I'm super proud of them.

Making New Friends

So after my renewed outlook of not stressing about Violet's arrival, I decided that I would like to make something special for my little girl. I know that the cross stitch I have been working on unfortunately isn't going to be done for YEARS! I just have to face that fact. Wes had made all sorts of wonderful things for Violet's room. Bumper pads, sheets, a crib skirt, a quilt, and he is going to hopefully put together the Tea Pot Lamp. I wanted to have at least one thing that I have made in her room. After looking on Etsy for a white rabbit doll, I decided to make my very own. I didn't use a pattern. I just came up with my own. Yes, one leg is longer than the other and I did run into a few problems putting him together, but in the end I think he turned out pretty well. I hand embroidered his face.

Instead of putting on a tail I embroidered a little pink one on.

I used felt and lace to make him a little tunic. I hand sewed all the hearts on with my embroidery thread since I didn't have any red thread for the sewing machine. I didn't have to buy any materials. I just used stuff from around the house.

The tunic looks the same in the back as well. So there you go. It was really fun to work on and I really enjoyed it. He is "special" in his own homemade way. Hopefully he will be a fun addition to Violet's Alice in Wonderland, themed room. I wonder if I'll be tempted to make any more characters.